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| official_name                   = Beledweyne
| native_name                     = ''Beled Weyne''
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| settlement_type                 = City
| image_skyline                   = Beledweyne 01.jpg
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| image_caption                   = Aerial view of Beledweyne
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| nickname                        = Beled Barwaaqo
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| subdivision_type1               = [[States of Somalia|State]]
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| subdivision_name1               = {{flagicon image|Hirshabeelle.png|size=23px}} [[Hirshabelle]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Hiran, Somalia|Hiran]]
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| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Nadar Tabah Maalin]]
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'''Beledweyne''' ({{lang-so|Beledweyne}}, {{lang-ar|بلد وين}}, {{lang-it|Belet Uen}}) is a city in central [[Somalia]]. It is located in the [[Beledweyne District]], it is the capital of the [[Hiran, Somalia|Hiran]] region.

The city is in the [[Shebelle Valley]] riverine near the [[Ethiopia]]n border, 210 miles (345&nbsp;km) north of [[Mogadishu]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHYoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |title = The Islamic Movement in Somalia|isbn = 9781912234035|date = 2015-04-30}}</ref> In 2019, [[Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale|Safiya Jimale]] became the first female mayor in Somalia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/28/somalia-s-first-female-mayor-appointed-in-city-of-beledweyne/|title=Somalia's first female mayor appointed in city of Beledweyne|date=28 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-date=9 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909120618/https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/28/somalia-s-first-female-mayor-appointed-in-city-of-beledweyne/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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